Beth’s Interview

J

– What disabilities do you have?

B- I’m Dyslexic and Dyspraxic

J – Why did you want to be a part of this project?

B- I think it’s really important to raise awareness and I’m quite passionate about it and I feel like if I don’t speak about it, who will, or if I don’t show how I think or how I feel, who’s going to. That’s always my attitude with everything,

J - What started your disability journey? So how did you come to realize that you might need a diagnosis or get your diagnosis.

B - I was talking to my friends in six forms, and they were saying like, oh, I’m just dyslexic blah blah blah. This means this and I was like, oh, I feel kind of similar. I started Googling it, going on like different websites, doing quizzes, talking to people about it and being like I think this is what I have because of all these things in my life and then I came to uni and I did a diagnostic test to see if I had any markers. They said I did so I got tested and then it was like a massive sort of overwhelming sheet of paper because I was like, I’d never felt like my issues were valid until that point, I just thought, oh, it’s what everyone goes through when it was a bit more than that.